The GRA Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 837390319RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($405,515) as filed with the CRA.
The GRA Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $517K in revenue and $406K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $402K in 2024, the largest being $102K to Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $327K in 2020 to $517K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The organization is intented to operate as a private charitable foundation whose purpose is prmarily to make donations in an orderly fashion to qualified donees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $517K | $406K | $2,090 | — | $401K | $205K |
| 2023 | $236K | $284K | $378 | — | $282K | $93K |
| 2022 | $286K | $191K | $2,667 | — | $186K | $141K |
| 2021 | $262K | $250K | $241 | — | $248K | $47K |
| 2020 | $327K | $301K | — | — | $299K | $35K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $402K to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Ohr Chaya Charitable Organization$102K
- The Institute of Torah Education$40K
- The B.A.S. Charitable Foundation$36K
- Netivot Hatorah Day School$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Kayla's Children Centre$29K
- Moral Arc Foundation$22K
- Camp Moshava$15K
- Bay Tree Foundation$13K
- Eitz Chaim Schools$9,000
- Link Yad Chesed$6,100
- Mizrachi Organization Of Canada$5,860
- IDF Widows and Orphans Canada$5,000
- Shaarei Tzedec Congregation$5,000
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel/Magen David Adom Canadien pour Israel$5,000
- Leket Canada$5,000
- Kollel Daf Yomi Institute$5,000
- Tiferes Bais Yaakov$5,000
- Mishkan Avraham$2,500
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre$2,500
- Chai Lifeline (canada) Inc.$2,300
- One Family Fund Canada$1,800
- United Jewish Appeal of Canada Inc$1,800
- Paths of Torah School$1,800
- Dani Developing and Nurturing Independence$1,800
Received $40K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mel Rom (trustee); Karen Rom (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The GRA Charitable Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837390319RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.